SEN. BERNIE SANDERS RALLY FOR $15 National Minimum Wage, US CAPITOL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE 7/22/15

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~ Sen. Sanders, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-5th), legislators & many federal contract workers at $15 Rally on Capitol Hill ~

*WATCH VIDEO

Washington, D.C., Wed., July 22, 2015- Hundreds of US Capitol employees and federal contractors gather at a large Rally for $15 National Minimum Wage with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and others at the Capitol, after marching down Constitution Ave. carrying signs saying, "$10.10/hr is Not Enough". The majority of the federal contract employees are minority, black and Latino workers.


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*PRESS RELEASE, July 22, 2015 : VT SEN. BERNIE SANDERS INTRODUCES BILL FOR $15-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE

READ: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-introduces-bill-for-15-an-hour-minimum-wage

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1. K&R.....

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2. "I WORKED AT THE US CAPITOL and KFC. COLONEL SANDERS PAYS ME MORE THAN UNCLE SAM",

said federal worker SONITA BAILEY while telling her story at the Rally for $15 next to Sen. Bernie Sanders.



~ Bernie Sanders comforts SONITA BAILEY, a Capitol café cashier, as she cries while telling her story at a rally calling for a national $15 minimum wage (The Guardian).

- Read: The Guardian, BERNIE SANDERS CONDEMNS 'STARVATION' PAY AT RALLY TO RAISE US MINIMUM WAGE

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/22/federal-minimum-wage-rally-bernie-sanders-washington
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- Learn more about SONITA BAILEY'S story: The Guardian, CASHIER AT US CAPITOL WORKS TWO MINIMUM WAGE JOBS

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/21/cashier-at-us-capitol-work-two-jobs-minimum-wage

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3. Bernie greets striking US Capitol federal contract workers at the Rally for $15 on Capitol Hill.